Fence stretcher



5 s. DOROUGH FENCE STRETCHER Aug. 27, 1935.

Filed Dec. 17, 1934 Inventor Patented Aug. 27, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a fence stretcher, mainly designed for woven wire fences, the general object of the invention being to provide a pair of gripping bars having novel means for hingedly connecting them together and means whereby a cable or the like can be readily attached to the two bars.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the invention in use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing how the two bars are connected together.

In this drawing, the numeral I indicates a pair of bars, one having a plurality of bent staples 2 extending from one edge thereof, and the other having a plurality of hooks 3 which are substantially S-shaped and extend along an edge of the bar from the part of the hook driven into the bar. Thus when the hook 3 is placed in the staple 2, the two bars are hingedly connected together. A staple 4 is driven through the opposite edge of each bar and a gripping member A composed of the two elongated members 5 pivotally connected together intermediate their ends as shown at 6, has eyes I at one end for receiving the staples 4. Chains 8 are connected to the opposite ends of the members 5 and are adapted to be engaged by a hook 9 attached to a cable I!) so that when a pull is exerted upon the cable [0, the member A will exert a pull upon the two bars and due to the construction of the parts 2 and 3, the two bars will firmly grip the wire and the firmer the pull, the more the bars will grip the wires so that there is no danger of the bars slipping off the wires.

If desired, the gripping faces'of the bars can be corrugated to increase the gripping effect.

It is thought from the foregoing description 10 that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided 1 that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fence stretcher comprising a pair of bars hingedly connected together, eyes'connected with 20 the bars opposite their hinged edges, a pair of members pivotally connected together intermediate their ends and having eyes at one end thereof for engaging the eyes of the bars and flexible means for connecting the opposite ends of the 25 two members to a cable or pulling device.

2. A fence stretcher comprising a pair of bars, one having bent staples driven into one edge thereof and the other having substantially S- shaped hooks driven into one edge thereof, the 30 hooks engaging the staples for hingedly connecting the bars together, a member composed of two elongated members pivotally connected together intermediate their ends, means for connecting one end of each member toa bar, a chain con- 35 nected to the opposite end of each member and means for attaching a pulling device to the chains.

BUNNY S. BOROUGH. 

